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Topic: Taking bets on the first leg of TAR17? (Read 27463 times)

OK, so let's move on. If you were betting on the destination of TAR17's first leg, where would you put your money? For sporting chances, we'll say you can pick a westward-bound location and an eastward-bound location.

If they go around the world west to east, I'll pick Melbourne, Australia. Australia seems due.If they go east to west, I'll go with Madrid, Spain.

Remember, this is not a "where you wish they'd go first," but a "where you think they'll go first." Peach will come up with a prize for the winner.

Will the volcanic ash from Iceland affect the route? Spain closed airports this week due to another erruption. I think they may avoid Europe all together because of this and also the fact that Europe has featured heavily the last few years.

Australia as a first leg would be a great start to the race I think. Melbourne is really just a city, they would have to go to the Great Ocean road if they went there. Perhaps 2 legs in Australia with Ayres Rock for leg 2??

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"I wish the world was flat like the old days, and I could travel just by folding a map."

Hmmm... Have no idea how to work this out but if they go east, I pick Fontvieille, Monaco, and Nouméa, New Caledonia if they head west....

Don't ask me why I chose these places... I wouldn't know either! Picked on a whim! (have a suspicion that TPTB just spin a globe & see where their finger points when they choose the places for each race! )

I take back anything I said earlier. We're probably going to be in for Asia, Australia, Africa, MAYBE eastern Europe (unlikely). South America may be back in the ring so that teams can get to Africa (an eastward route seems more likely now).

I agree with no India this season (this warning has been in place for the last two cycles and has prevented a return to that country), but I think Sri Lanka and the Philippines are feasible. The travel warnings are for certain provinces, not the whole country.

USA's travel warnings are little overprotective. In their standards India is always dangerous country because there is always something happening but in some spesific areas not everywhere. Also Israel is perfectly safe I was just there in March visiting in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. And last summer I visited in Georgia (btw amazing country and very European). In Mexico there is always some drug wars going on, it's probably on the list because some rebels killed those Finnish and Mexican human rights workers in April. I love also how on the website they make my home country sound more interesting than it real is, like: Elements of organized crime groups operating in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are present in Finland.

But lets stay in topic East: Madrid or anywhere in Spain! (and hopefully in late-June or July because I'm going to be there then )West: South Korea because it's less visited country in that direction.